Open AccessDean Weir Memorial Lecture - January 14, 1986 - Winds of Change in the Sentencing Process
Author(s) -
J. H. Laycraft
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
alberta law review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1925-8356
pISSN - 0002-4821
DOI - 10.29173/alr1692
Subject(s) - weir , law , sociology , political science , criminology , geography , cartography
This article was presented as the 1986 Dean Weir Memorial Lecture at the University of Alberta and briefly discusses some of the philosophies of criminal sentencing including changes in the United States penal philosophy and practice. The application and effect of these new systems of sentencing in Canada is also considered.